Subject: CII Skill Conference - 24 October 2009 - Thiruvananthapuram
Dear Sir / Madam,
As you are aware the need for economy to increase productivity and be more competitive is
generating greater demands for skills and has resulted in a skills intensification of national
economy. It is only by increasing investment in knowledge and skills that government,
enterprises and individuals can improve an economy's competitiveness and ensure decent
employment outcomes for all. Education and training are essential and they must form an
integral part of a comprehensive set of economic, labour market, community development
and other policies for growth and employment.
Against this backdrop, Confederation of Indian Industry is organizing the Skill Conference
2009, focusing on the theme – “Harnessing Skills : Driving the Economy” on 24
October 2009 in Hotel Residency, Thiruvananthapuram.
The objective of the conference is to
• Engage the stakeholders in dialogues of retrospection
• Share experiences in skill building; discuss critical elements in vocational education &
development
• Explore emerging trades for employability both in the national & International
market
• Explore opportunities in Skill education, its relationship with the academic studies
• Showcase few of the successful examples of Public-Private-Participation
• Create a strategic planning process for investment in knowledge & skills
development, training & development modules.
KEY SPEAKERS INVITED
• Mr V S Achutanandan, Hon’ble Chief Minister • Mr M F Farooqui IAS, Principal Secreta
of Kerala Industries Department, Government of Tami
• Mr Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Affairs, • Mr Busi Sam Bob IAS, Principal Secre
Government of India Department of Industries, Government of AP
• Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State, Ministry • Mr Subhir Hari Singh IAS
of External Affairs , Govt of India Secretary, Commerce and Industries Depart
• Mr Arun Maira, Member, Planning Govt of Karnataka
Commission, Government of India • Mr T Balakrishnan IAS, Principal Secre
• Ms Sudha Pillai IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Department of Industries, Government of Ke
Labour and Employment, Government of India • Mr C K Viswanathan, Secretary, Depa
• Dr Balchandra Mungekar, Member, Planning of Labour Rehabilitation, Govt of Kerala
Commission • Mr Shailesh Rao, Managing Director, G
• Dr Jayati Ghosh, Member-National Knowledge India Ltd
Commission, Government of India • Mr Rajeev Katyal, Director of Educatio
• Mr Sharada prasad, Director General ,DGET, Miscrosoft
Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt of India • Mr P Rajendran, Director & COO, NIIT L
• Mr Elamaram Kareem, Minister for Industries, • Mr Shaffi Mather, Managing Director, M
Government of Kerala Projects Ltd
• Prof Prabhath Patnaik, Vice Chairman – • Mr Shantanu Prakash, CMD, Educomp
State Planning Commission, Govt of kerala Solutions Ltd
• Mr R Satyanarayanan, Chairman, Care
Launcher
• Prof Rajasekaran Pillai, Vice Chancell
IGNOU
• Dr Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM,
Kozhikode
TARGET PARTICIPANTS & KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Principals - Universities / Colleges / • Education consultants - Bring the
Schools - Align the curriculum to emerging knowledge bank to a forum to understa
industry requirements. integrate with Industrial / Institutional requir
• Technical Institutions - Align general • Government departments
technique to functional technique. responsibilities for skills and ec
• Industry Associations - Bring skill development - Channelise the resources a
development as an important agenda in their focus optimally to the skill development programm
for coming years. • Faculties of higher education instit
• Work Based Learning / Training Providers - Influence the nodal agencies and policy form
Understand special modules that can be effectively bodies for guidance / changes in curricul
deployed structure, suitable for fast adoption of kn
• Awarding bodies – To understand certification industry.
process for skills relevant for industry. • NGOs - Source of identification of
• Businesses and employers - Understand and potential and bring them to the training age
tap resources that are easily adoptable position them to the world of work at entry l
PARTICIPATION FEE [INCLUSIVE OF 10.3% SERVICE TAX]
CII Members Rs. 1103 /-
Educational Institutions / Rs. 883/-
VTPs/Private ITIs
Early bird discount till 30 September • For 3 and more delegates – 10%
2009 • For 5 and more delegates – 15%
• For 10 and more delegates – 20%
Government ITI – Participation by Invitation
More than 300 representatives from various training institutions, vocational education
providers, government, private sector and industry are expected to participate in this unique
convention which provides an opportunity to share experiences from around the country in
the vocational training space.
I am writing to cordially invite you to participate at this conference and
also to nominate teams of officials from your organization. Your office
may use the enclosed Reply Form to register your nominations.
We would be honored and delighted if you could kindly accept our invitation.
I look forward to receiving your concurrence.
Pradipta K Mohapatra
Chairman
Task Force on HR, Skills, Employability
AA & ITI – IMC
Confederation of Indian Industry – Southern Region
REGISTRATION FORM
John Kuruvilla C V Ilavalagan
Confederation of Confederation of Indian Industry
Indian Industry Southern Regional Headquarters
Kerala State Office 98/1 Velacherry Main Road
Opp. Cochin Guindy, Chennai – 600 032
Passport Office, Phone : 044 – 42444555
Panampilly Nagar, Fax : 044 – 42444510
Cochin – 682 036 E-mail : cv.ilavalagan@cii.in;
Phone : 0484 - 4012300 skills2009@cii.in
Fax : 0484 -
4012800
E-mail : john.kuruvilla@cii.in
Website : www.cii.in
Delegate Fee: Please tick the relevant category.
Rs 1103 per delegate for CII Members
Rs. 1655 per delegate for Non-members
Rs 883 per delegate for Educational Institutions / VTPs / Private ITI
We are nominating the following from our company to attend the conference:
S.No. Name Designation Mobile Email ID
Early Bird Discount till 31 September 2009
• Nominate 3 or more Delegates from your Organisation and get 10% discount
• Nominate 5 or more Delegates from your Organisation and get 15% discount
• Nominate 10 or more Delegates from your Organisation and get 20% discount
Enclosed find cheque / demand draft no ___________ dated __________ for Rs _________ in favour of
Confederation of Indian Industry towards delegate fee.
Name : _______________________________ Designation : _________________________________
Company : _____________________________________________________________________________
Address : _____________________________________________________________________________
: _____________________________________________________________________________
Tel : ___________________________________ Fax : ___________________________________
E-mail : _________________________________ Signature : _________________________________
Note :
• Pre-Registration and pre-payment is a must. On receipt of your Registration Form enclosing the
delegate fee, further details will be sent to you. Delegate fee is non-refundable or adjustable against any other
event of CII. Changes in nomination are acceptable.
